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Tag: Murder

  • Movie Review ~ Restore Point

    Movie Review ~ Restore Point

    Restore Point Synopsis: It’s 2041 and the gaps in social and economic inequality have left the world on the brink. A breakthrough in science has given humanity the ability to bring victims of a violent crime back to life by backing up their brain every two days. This allows an ambitious, young detective the opportunity

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  • Series Review ~ Death and Other Details

    Series Review ~ Death and Other Details

    Death and Other Details Synopsis: Imogene Scott finds herself in the wrong place/wrong time and becomes the prime suspect in a locked room murder mystery onboard a lavishly restored Mediterranean ocean liner. To prove her innocence, she must partner with a man she despises—Rufus Cotesworth, the world’s greatest detective. Stars: Violett Beane, Mandy Patinkin, Linda

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  • 31 Days to Scare ~ Stir of Echoes (1999)

    31 Days to Scare ~ Stir of Echoes (1999)

    The Facts: Synopsis: After being hypnotized by his sister-in-law, a man begins seeing haunting visions of a girl’s ghost, and a mystery unfolds around him.Stars: Kevin Bacon, Kathryn Erbe, Illeana Douglas, Zachary David Cope, Liza Weil, Jennifer Morrison, Kevin Dunn, Lusia StrusDirector: David KoeppRated: RRunning Length: 99 minutesTMMM Score: (7/10)Review:  The 1999 release of Stir

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  • 31 Days to Scare ~ The House by the Cemetery (1981)

    31 Days to Scare ~ The House by the Cemetery (1981)

    The Facts: Synopsis: A young family moves from their cramped New York City apartment to a spacious new home in New England. But his is no ordinary house in the country: the previous owner was the deranged Dr. Freudstein, whose monstrous human experiments have left a legacy of bloody mayhem. Now, someone – or something

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  • Movie Review ~ Bad Things

    Movie Review ~ Bad Things

    The Facts: Synopsis: A group of friends go to a hotel for a weekend getaway and soon discover that women do bad things hereStars: Gayle Rankin, Hari Nef, Annabelle Dexter-Jones, Rad Pereira, Molly RingwaldDirector: Stewart ThorndikeRated: NRRunning Length: 87 minutesTMMM Score: (4/10)Review: I’ll start reviewing the new horror film Bad Things by doing a visual

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  • Movie Review ~ Decision to Leave

    Movie Review ~ Decision to Leave

    The Facts: Synopsis: A businessman plummets to his death from a mountain peak in South Korea. Did he jump, or was he pushed? When detective Hae-joon arrives on the scene, he begins to suspect the dead man’s wife, Seo-rae, may know more than she initially lets on.Stars: Tang Wei, Park Hae-ilDirector: Park Chan-wookRated: RRunning Length:

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  • 31 Days to Scare ~ A Double Shot of Crawford

    31 Days to Scare ~ A Double Shot of Crawford

    Two films starring Joan Crawford that I had never seen had been calling to me for a while, and I was having trouble deciding which ones to watch for 31 Days to Scare. Ultimately, both were so short and interesting that I decided to bundle them for A Double Shot of Crawford. If Crawford is

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  • 31 Days to Scare ~ The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)

    31 Days to Scare ~ The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)

    The Facts: Synopsis: A timid typesetter hasn’t a ghost of a chance of becoming a reporter – until he decides to solve a murder mystery and ends up spending a fright-filled night in a haunted house.Stars: Don Knotts, Joan Staley, Liam Redmond, Skip Homeier, Dick Sargent, Reta Shaw, Lurene Tuttle, Philip OberDirector: Alan RafkinRated: GRunning

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  • Down From the Shelf ~ Murder By Death

    The Facts: Synopsis: Five famous literary detective characters and their sidekicks are invited to a bizarre mansion to solve an even stranger mystery. Stars: Peter Falk, Alec Guinness, Maggie Smith, Truman Capote, Eileen Brennan, Nancy Walker, Peter Sellers Director: Robert Moore Rated: PG Running Length: 94 minutes TMMM Score: (8.5/10) Review:   A totally delightful comedy/murder-mystery

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